EVALUATION OF THE EXTERNAL EFFECTS OF THE MOTORWAY CONTROL SYSTEM 1983

EVALUATIE VAN DE EXTERNE EFFECTEN VAN HET VERKEERSSIGNALERINGSSYTEEM

Due to the big increase of vehicle ownership and the use of the car in the Netherlands, congestion arose on the Dutch road network in the sixties and the seventies. Global analyses of this congestion show that this had led not only to important losses in journey times but also to a decrease of traffic safety. The accident rate on road sections with congestion was almost twice that on motorways on which only the number of vehicles drove for which the road was designed. Lack of space and lack of money and increased social opposition to a further extension of the road network made new solutions desirable. Because most congestion was found on the road network in the Randstad, an urban conglomeration in the western part of Holland, it was decided to design an automatic motorway traffic signalling system for this area with the primary aim of increasing the traffic safety and improving the use of the road capacity on these roads. An evaluation was made of the external effects of the system and the results of this evaluation are presented. (TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  Ministerie van Verkeer en Waterstaat

  P.O. Box 20901
  2500 EX The Hague,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • de Kroes, J L
  • Donk, P
  • De Klein, S J
• Publication Date: 1984

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 71 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Area traffic signal control; Crash rates; Evaluation; Highway capacity; Traffic congestion; Traffic control; Traffic safety; Traffic signals
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic control systems
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00459861
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 30 1986 12:00AM